On CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish devoted a segment to the showdown between Harvard and the Trump administration. Harvard has rejected the administration’s call for it to abandon DEI, among other requirements. In return, the administration has frozen about $2 billion in federal funding to the university.
Noting a statement by the Harvard president, and playing a clip from a Democrat politician, Cornish promoted the notion that this is a fight over Harvard’s “independence” and its right of “free expression.” It’s not.
Harvard is free to rename itself Hamas U. Offer a major in “From The River To The Sea Studies.” Ditch “The Crimson,” and call its teams “The Fightin’ Kidnappers.” All Harvard would have to do is make like Hillsdale College, and reject any federal or state funding.
But Harvard wants to have it both ways: keep the federal funds…
